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Fig. 8

From: Fabrication of a multilayer bioabsorbable composite vascular stent utilizing oxidized starch-Fe3O4 nanoparticles and polycaprolactone nanofibers

Fig. 8

The schematic of (A) mesh design in 2D format, (B) the constructing of stent for balloon expansion usage, (C) the stent fabricated on the closed balloon with a diameter of 2.3 ± 0.07 mm, (D) stent opened with a balloon up to a diameter of about 3.56 ± 0.04 mm, (E) and then stent closure approximately 2.42 ± 0.05 mm of diameter with balloon deflation, (F) remaining the stent in the open state (diameter of 3.43 ± 0.2 mm) by removing the balloon pressure after being placed in the aqueous environment at T = 37 ºC for 30 s, (Data are presented as mean ± SD for n = 6)

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